Any sort. Society members have a penchant for the
traditional black roadster and the old-fashioned delivery bike -
but cycles of all types are seen and welcomed on D&DGCS
rides. Occasionally, there will be a run aimed at a
particular kind of bike; we have held a Trade Bike Time Trial and
a Two wheels good, three wheels better ride.

Club HQ is currently the Five Bells
at Rattlesden. When the society was formed, it adopted the
nearest pub to Dagworth - Haughley Railway
Tavern - as its HQ. However, since the pub closed in
November 2003, we have had to move elsewhere. After briefly
flirting with Elmswell Railway Tavern we
have settled upon Rattlesden Five Bells
as our HQ. Our AGM is at HQ. Our monthly meetings
during the winter are also at the Five
Bells. However, they wander around a bit during the
summer months. To find out where they are, have a look at
the calendar.

Anyone. (The official constitution says that membership
is "by invitation", so consider this as an invitation.)
None of the words in the title implies any sort of restriction on
membership. Obviously, it does help if you live locally and
ride a cycle, otherwise you’re going to miss out on a lot
of the Society’s events. A cat joined once; Smudge
was the guvnor’s cat at Haughley Railway
Tavern and was the only society member who could be relied
upon to turn up at the monthly meetings. He didn’t
turn up at the AGM, though; I think he had heard that we would
have made him Vice-president if he had.

Well, if you’re reading this FAQ, you must have some
sort of WWW access. You’ll find the newsletter on the same Web site as you found this
FAQ. Alternatively, an e-mail version of the newsletter is
also available. This is a PDF document - just ask the
if you want to be added to the mailing list.

They are:
the Foreman - who chairs the meetings
the Social Secretary - who writes the newsletter
the Treasurer - who looks after the money
the Recorder - who maintains scrap books of the things we have
got up to.

We also have:
a President - an honorary post with no duties, and
a Vice-president - another honorary post with no duties ... well,
officially, there is a duty attached to this post: The
Vice-president has the honour of collecting our prize (assuming
we win one) at Stowmarket Carnival. However, as we
don’t enter Stowmarket Carnival any more...

Our habit of winning prizes in Stowmarket Carnival used to be
the mainstay of Society funds. There is also a system of
fines that can be levied by the treasurer (for instance: if the
newsletter asks you to bring a scary object on a ride, and you
fail to do so, a fine can be imposed). I think the usual
amount is two shillings. Our treasurer has been
extraordinarily lax in imposing these fines; in fact, I
can’t remember it ever happening. The funds are at a
level that should sustain the Society for a very long time.
That’s not because we have a lot of money; it’s
because we never spend it.

Ivan Codd approved. Ivan Codd used to run a really
splendid cycle shop in Stowmarket: a mysterious place that
appeared to be a lot smaller inside than outside, yet contained
more things than could be reasonably expected to fit. There
were severe congestion problems if more than two customers
attempted to enter the shop. The counter was about 3 inches
deep in a jumble of cycle bits; nevertheless Ivan could extract
the most obscure parts for archaic cycles from this chaos within
seconds. A wheel-truing jig sat, unused, in the corner
because Ivan alway trued his wheels in an old pair of front
forks. I could go on, but I think you’ve got the
picture...